SSC CHSL - 12 October 2020 - Shift 03
1. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan got the monument Taj Mahal constructed in memory of his wife ______
Answer :- Mumtaz Mahal
2. Which is the correctly matched option of captain of cricket team and year of World Cup victory?
Answer :- Kapil Dev – 1983
3. Rangoli Bihu’ one of the major festival of Assam is celebrated in the month of______.
Answer :- April
4. Which of the following schemes launched by the present government has been correctly matched with its purpose?
Answer :- SUMAN Scheme – Free medicines to pregnant women
5. Which of the following parts of the human body releases carbon dioxide, brought in by the blood, from the rest of the body?
Answer :- Alveoli
6. The award given to the best coach among coaches of all the different games is known as ______.
Answer :- Dronacharya Award
7. Bhagta Parab', a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer, originated in the state of ______.
Answer :- Jharkhand
8. Who was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India?
Answer :- Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar
9. When was the ‘Quit India Movement’ started?
Answer :- August 1942
10. As of January 2020, who was the chief of the Indian Army?
Answer :- Manoj Mukund Naravane
11. ______ is no longer considered as a planet within Earth's Solar system.
Answer :- Pluto
12. ______ refers to money that has already been spent and which cannot be recovered.
Answer :-Sunk cost
13. Who among the following is NOT a well known Tabla player in Hindustani classical style of music?
Answer :- Amjad Ali
14. With which neighboring country does Gujarat share its border?
Answer :- Pakistan
15. Who appoints the Chief Justice of India?
Answer :-President of India
16. Which Rajput ruler of Mewar in 1576 fought the Battle of Haldighati and then fled the field on his horse, Chetak?
Answer :- Maharana Pratap
17. Which are the biodiversity hotspots of India? (A) Western Ghats (B) North East India (C) Sunderland
Answer :-A, B and C
18. Which of the following statements about firewall (in the context of computing) is INCORRECT?
Answer :- It is unable to permit legitimate communication to pass.
19. Who wrote the book ‘My Experiments with Truth’?
Answer :- M.K. Gandhi
20. The 'transformation curve' is also known as the:
Answer :- Production Possibility Curve
21. Which American President won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer :- Barack Obama
22. What is the name of the force with which earth pulls everything towards itself?
Answer :- Gravity
23. National Sports Day of India is celebrated on 29 August every year in honour of which sportsperson?
Answer :- Major Dhyan Chand Singh
24. In which year did the convention on wetlands, the 'Ramsar Convention', come into force in India?
Answer :- 1982
25. The three-carbon molecules broken down from six-carbon molecules of glucose during the first step in the process of nutrition in all organisms is called:
Answer :- pyruvate
